I rate InfoAge very
high! There are plenty of hotels in the area (budget: Comfort
Inn, Travelodge; nice -- Marriott). There is a five-acre parking
lot. There's easy access from the NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and
I-195. There are big doors and loading areas -- after all this thing was a
major Army research installation. Therefore, there is even a nuclear
fallout shelter in the basement. (Seriously.)

I heard that AmigaEast
was cancelled becuase the organizer didn't have the $6,000 needed to secure the
venue. That is a non-issue, as our use of the facility would be zero,
zilch, gratis, nada, FREE, for things like VCF and swap meets, as part of
helping with the museum.

The only real "con" I can
think of is the lack of a local high-tech community. The past U.S. VCF
events were in Silicon Valley and metro Boston -- obviously plenty of ideal
community there. Then again, Trenton isn't exactly an engineer's dream,
and that went great.

How do you rate the InfoAge for the VCF 2 (hotels, load in, space,
etc?) Overall, and what are the pros and cons? I think that we
should avoid those things that caused the Amiga fest to be cancelled.

Bill

Bryan Pope

... So *could* there be a possibility of a VCF East this year?? Cheers, Bryan Pope

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Evan wrote:

> That's VCF East 3.0 -- last year in Boston was 2.0.
> http://www.vintage.org/2004/east/
>
> I rate InfoAge very high! There are plenty of hotels in the area
> (budget: Comfort Inn, Travelodge; nice -- Marriott). There is a
> five-acre parking lot. There's easy access from the NJ Turnpike, Garden
> State Parkway, and I-195. There are big doors and loading areas --
> after all this thing was a major Army research installation. Therefore,
> there is even a nuclear fallout shelter in the basement. (Seriously.)
>

So *could* there be a possibility of a VCF East this year??

Cheers,

Bryan Pope

Evan

Probably not. However, I m very optimistic about VCF East 3.0 in March 2006. On a side note, there is a major gaming event in Philadelphia, in mid-November.

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Probably not.

However, I'm very optimistic about VCF East 3.0 in March
2006.

On a side note, there is a major gaming event in Philadelphia, in
mid-November. http://www.vgxpo.com

Bryan, where do you live? I might be able to refer you to some
local stuff.

>
> I rate InfoAge very high! There are plenty of hotels in the area
> (budget: Comfort Inn, Travelodge; nice -- Marriott). There is a
> five-acre parking lot. There's easy access from the NJ Turnpike,

Garden

> State Parkway, and I-195. There are big doors and loading

areas --

> after all this thing was a major Army research

installation. Therefore,

> there is even a nuclear fallout shelter

in the basement. (Seriously.)

>

So *could* there be a
possibility of a VCF East this year??

Cheers,

Bryan Pope

Bryan Pope

... Evan, I am currently living in Pemberton, NJ.. I wanted to go to the TCf but work got in the way. I think we have met before at the last VCF East - I put

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Evan wrote:

> Probably not.
>
> However, I'm very optimistic about VCF East 3.0 in March 2006.
>
> On a side note, there is a major gaming event in Philadelphia, in
> mid-November. http://www.vgxpo.com
>
> Bryan, where do you live? I might be able to refer you to some local stuff.
>
>

Evan,

I am currently living in Pemberton, NJ.. I wanted to go to the TCf but
work got in the way. I think we have met before at the last VCF East -
I put on a small display of Commodore PETs, including a 2001 on Sunday.

Cheers,

Bryan Pope

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